John McCain kicked off “environmental week” with a speech advocating a “cap-and-trade” system that sets overall limits on domestic greenhouse gas emissions to combat the ostensible threat of global warming.  The Wall Street Journal was among those criticizing the proposal on its merits (or lack thereof), noting that the Bush Administration’s current approach has reduced US net carbon emissions by more than all but four countries in “cap-and-trading” Europe, without creating

Yesterday, Instapundit Glenn Reynolds asked whether Barack Obama was a Christianist, based on mailers the Obama camp is circulating in Kentucky.  As he seems to have made the charge tongue-in-cheek, he should recognize that the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago follows Black Liberation Theology, which fuses religion and politics by an essentially Marxist interpretation of the Bible (as explained in some depth at the link). Indeed, the Obama quote

Go check him out and comment there. New writers on interest areas are brought in on a probationary basis for thirty days, to see whether they develop a readership. So, if you’d like to support what he does, please drop in and comment, since that is one of the metrics they use. Here’s a work folder that some of you might find useful on those slow days. Several plants that

Goody: John Hagee, the controversial evangelical pastor who endorsed John McCain, will issue a letter of apology to Catholics today for inflammatory remarks he has made, including accusing the Roman Catholic Church of supporting Adolf Hitler and calling it “The Great Whore.” (See a copy of the letter PDF.) “Out of a desire to advance greater unity among Catholics and Evangelicals in promoting the common good, I want to express

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Marietta tavern owner Mike Norman says the T-shirts he’s peddling, featuring cartoon chimp Curious George peeling a banana, with “Obama in ’08” scrolled underneath, are “cute.” But to a coalition of critics, the shirts are an insulting exploitation of racial stereotypes from generations past. No one will be shocked to discover that Pandagon’s Pam Spaulding is among the outraged.  Yet some of the early commenters are

Thousands of exposed Wieners fill kunsthalle. More fun: Amazon’s rather polarized reader reviews for Marcotte’s book. (h/t Fishbowl LA) Customer Reviews 26 Reviews 5 star: 50% (13) 4 star: 3% (1) 3 star: (0) 2 star: (0) 1 star: 46% (12) ZOMG! (thanks to Melissa Clouthier for sending that to me)

From Liberal Fascism: Bernardine Dohrn, an acid-loving University of Chicago law student turned revolutionary, reflected the widespread New Left fascination with the serial-killing hippie Ubermensch Charles Manson. “Dig It! First they killed those pigs, then they ate dinner in the same room with them, they even shoved a fork into a victim’s stomach! Wild!” In appreciation, her Weather Underground cell made a three-fingered “fork” gesture its official salute. For those

Two passages from Barack Obama’s interview with Jeffrey Goldberg for The Atlantic reveal more about Obama’s thinking than one might notice upon a first reading: JG: Do you think that justice is still on Israel’s side? BO: I think that the idea of a secure Jewish state is a fundamentally just idea, and a necessary idea, given not only world history but the active existence of anti-Semitism, the potential vulnerability

Imagine the press release needed to explain Barack Obama’s comments in The Atlantic: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: In an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg published on The Atlantic’s website, Barack Obama referred to Israel as “this constant sore,” that “does infect all of our foreign policy.” This comment should not be taken out of the context of the entire interview, in which Obama also called himself a “friend” of Israel and that his fondness